Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.1674
Seated mother and child

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1901
Collection: Whereabouts unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Size: 95 x 65 mm (3 3/4 x 2 9/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: unknown
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Seated mother and child

Provenance

  • 1903: possibly in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958).
  • 1979: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 14 March 1979 (lot 5, repr.).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret